Battlefield 1 - PlayStation 4

If you get Battlefield 1 revolution don't buy it used, get it new because you need the redeem codes for dlc, and if they've been redeemed you might as well have just bought the used regular version and bought the expansions separately. There is no point in getting revolutions used.Now my impressions:Where to start? I'll say this: I've been a long time battlefield fan since the battlefield 1942 days and I'll tell you why - they are the only game franchise that has accomplished the ability the capture the epic scale of war into an enjoyable first person shooter. Period. No other game company has done this to my knowledge.Amazing features in a multiplayer game:To really appreciate what they've done you really have to acknowledge what this game features: 64 players fighting in epic scale well designed maps that are modeled after real battles in World War 1. The gameplay includes usable vehicles - tanks, ships, airships, airplanes, trains, motorcycles - mounted weapons - machine guns, flak guns, cannons, artillery - interactive terrain - destructible houses, towers, mills - you can hide inside them including bunkers, trenches. I mean, - you also get classic yet unique abilities with soldier classes like medic, scout, assault, support with actual roles to play in the game - they all play differently enough and has access to different weapons/equipment. No other game has this level of design and detail.Single player:Let's just say this: Battlefield has always been and always was at its heart a massive 64 player multiplayer shooter that favors massive battles over single player campaigns. Nobody really buys battlefield games for single player so if that's what you're looking for this is the wrong game for you as you really do need multiplayer to enjoy this game. With that said, this is my first time seeing a single player campaign in the Battlefield series and I have to say it's not bad at all. The story telling and voice acting is really interesting and it actually prompted me to learn more about WW1. The campaign can get a little repetitive and mundane but it was interesting enough that I never really got bored. You can probably get through the single player campaign in a few days if you play a few hours a day and it really serves as more of a tutorial to get players familiar with the game mechanics and different classes in the game.After completing the single player though it really made me appreciate the harshness of World War 1 and the people involved in it. It does try to get you to understand that War is tragic and not try to glorify the hero like in many of the other games. It tells you right off the bat that you are not expected to survive. It really does capture the gruesomeness of war unlike any other game I've played and it's a great thing to see that you don't play some glorified unlikely hero that can somehow kill hundreds of enemy soldiers like in other games. Well at least that's what the game tries to portray but there are typical scenarios where you're expected to wipe out crucial entities in encampments by yourself which can lead to killing entire encampments in one way or another. I think the campaign is great, not the best, but left an impression on me.Multiplayer:This is really the meat of the game. You go online and play 32vs32 in massive campaigns where your objective is to capture areas and push the enemy back. The game is well balanced and the game doesn't punish new players by overpowering experienced players that have weapons unlocked. Everyone has an equal chance at killing and you don't need to fight to really win, you just need to capture the objectives.And this time around there are some interesting game modes besides the usual Conquest mode. I forget all the modes, but particularly interesting is the mode where both sides are just pushing through the middle in an all or nothing battle where you're either defender or attacker and you have limited troops so if too many soldiers die too many times before pushing through that leads to defeat. That is an awesome mode if you want to see big battles in a small area. There is also an operation mode that can be played for hours and what this mode does is it ties one battle to be next where you see how conquering one map leads to the next map in this grand scale nonstop campaign. It's basically the same gameplay but the different levels being that your next fight depends on your previous one and ultimately decides whether your campaign ended in success or defeat depending on the chain of events.I will have to say though that one disappointment I had with multiplayer was that almost nobody uses voice chat and I was used to being able to type and chat on the pc in the old games - I still can't figure out how to change PS4 party chat back to public squad chat - where the hell is that option?? Now I'm permanently muted because I chose to join PS4 party. This makes you feel like you're on your own even though you are technically a part of a squad in some big battle and that really kills team work. Without teamwork it really diminishes the games true potential to be more strategic based.Level design:The maps are all great and well designed. They have choke point s where players are forced into big fights to take the next area. I like all the maps. They are all the right scale and size if you have enough players.Summary:This game really is great. I was a battlefield 1942 fan and even more of a fan of their modern war mod set in the gulf war era and was skeptical of how World War 1 would look in a game ( I don't typically like World War 1,2 settings and prefer modern settings ), but it was surprisingly well produced. I was hooked on this game for hours in multiplayer. No other game matches the scale of battlefield in first person shooters.

So first off as someone who has played battlefield since the very beginning and has played every battlefield released to date, this is definitely one of the most stable releases, I've ever seen. I've had very few online errors and after the horrible release of BF4, it's a breath of fresh air. The campaign is actually pretty good though it is a bit short and just uses the same maps from the online portion. I do wish the campaign was a bit longer and had some more unique areas but it's still quite fun. It's a huge improvement over the campaigns of the last few games actually.The multiplayer is the main part of the game obviously and it's a ton of fun. It's very much built around teamwork and squad-play. You won't pose much of a threat if you're on your own so you should probably look elsewhere if you don't like working with your team. This game basically requires it if you want to win matches. The classes are actually pretty balanced as each class only really excels in certain situations. Assualt is good for close quarters and fighting vehicles. Medics are good at medium range combat and they can revive and heal people. Scouts post long-range threats but aren't very dangerous up close and have few useful support items other than spotting flares which light up enemy positions for a short amount of time, and lastly support has suppression capabilities so they excel and mowing down large numbers of people or blocking doorways with constant fire and they can also use mortars and give their teamates ammo. Personally, I love it. No one class is a god-tier class capable of mowing down all the others. You can't just run in and kill ten people without reloading. You're lucky if you can kill two or three without reloading in a great situation. It's very well done and forces you to focus more on objectives to win rather than just playing for kills.As for the game modes, operations mode is very interesting and is essentially like rush mixed with conquest. One team tries to take two flags a series of times and if they fail, they'll gain a behemoth for the next try which will generally help them push forward and take the flags. It's very well done. Conquest and rush still exist and conquest is still very much my favorite game mode. The new game mode carrier pigeons isn't bad but it's a bit tiring. It's very fast paced but worth trying once or twice to see if you like it. I'm not a fan of team deathmatch so I'm not going to touch on it here. If you like it, feel free to play it, but it's really not the main game made for battlefield. Conquest is where the real action happens and it;s very intense. You'll find yourself constantly under fire when you try to storm flags and you'll see constant explosions all around you. Vehicles are done differently than in 4 with each time now receiving a number of vehicle tickets they can spend at the beginning and after a reset time when a vehicle is taken out. This means your team has to carefully pick which vehicles you use because you may only get one or two tanks or one or two planes and if your team grabs all light tanks and fighters, you'll be at a disadvantage to a team with a heavy tank, a landship, a bomber, and an attack plane. Again, teamwork is very important and vehicles should be the number one target when you're up against them. A single heavy tank can roll over dozens of people largely untouched if he has one or two guys who can repair him and the same goes for the landship. The light tank poses a big threat to infantry but is fairly easy to kill for only one or two assault players and thus isn't terribly valuable except in infantry heavy combat. The planes are very well done. Each one excels at a specific role much like every other thing in this game and you have to play up their strengths in the right situations to win but you always need to be careful of flak cannons which can knock you out of the air fast. Artillery guns are a new an interesting feature as well and they're pretty cool and they actually pose a big threat to people since they have massive splash and can kill vehicles fairly easily.Overall, this is an amazing game, Pick it up. You won't regret it.